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<p class="MsoNormal">I�d guess that the field coil in the solenoid had a short to ground, and the short circuit current heated the coil insulating material to the point of a fire.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave</a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Sunday, February 14, 2021 7:34 PM<br>
<b>To: </b><a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [TR] TR6 starter</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thats the solenoid. I'm pretty sure it fried. Nothing else looks amiss. But it could have stuck. No way of knowing<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">From: Alex & Janet Thomson <aljlthomson@charter.net>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Date: 2/14/21 7:46 PM (GMT-06:00) <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">To: 'dave' <dave@ranteer.com>, triumphs@autox.team.net
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#1F497D">Uh Oh! The smoke came out of the wires! I don�t want to make fun of the situation but could it be a sticking starter that never disengaged?
But usually, you would think that you would hear that. What condition were the battery cables in? Did they show signs of overheating?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif"> Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>dave<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 14, 2021 7:51 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> triumphs@autox.team.net<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [TR] TR6 starter</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">This is a high torque starter that I just pulled out of my TR6. There was a lot of stinky smoke.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Anyone have any idea what caused this? or seen anything like this before? It must be about 10 or even 15 years old. No more than 10k miles ago.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">I started the car the other day; it was in the mid 20�s. let it idle for probably 10 or 15 minutes. Drove a few miles and smelled it. pulled off and popped the hood. Lots of
smoke coming out.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Towed it home and ordered a new starter.</p>
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